Sonoma Raceway announced it is not “at immediate risk” from grassland fires that are being battled near the road course in California.
Sonoma issued a statement from track president and general manager Steve Page on the status of the North Bay fires as of 12:30 p.m. ET.
The road course hosts the annual NASCAR Cup Series and K&N Pro Series West races in June as well as the season finale for the Verizon IndyCar Series.
According to the Napa Valley Register, the first major fire began in Atlas Peak area around 1 a.m. ET. A fire in Calistoga burned into Sonoma County and has burned 35,000 acres.
The paper reports hundreds of residents have been forced to evacuate and schools from Calistoga to Napa are closed Monday due to the “unprecedented nature of so many fires ringing the Napa Valley.”
Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties.
Napa County Fire Chief Barry Biermann that the counties of Napa, Lake and Sonoma have seven large fires combined.
The hills behind the Sonoma Race sign black as a fire burned through overnight. @FOX40 pic.twitter.com/XRMaHbGKMm
— Doug Johnson (@Doug_J_ohnson) October 9, 2017
Sad to see the devastation being caused by the wildfires near my hometown Vallejo, CA. 🙏🏻
— Jeff Gordon (@JeffGordonWeb) October 10, 2017